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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1914
Page
10
In Royalton Illinois a gas explosion at the Franklin Coal and Coke mine trapped 61 workers entombed at shift start. 24 bodies recovered, 3 others believed beyond rescue, as rescue efforts were hampered by gas and fire. A Benton rescue car arrived with oxygen helmets four hours after the blast.
Metropolitan Opera tenor Albert E K Reiss, held as a German prisoner near Paris for eight weeks, was released after U S diplomacy. He toiled cracking stone and making shoes in a French camp, amid harsh diet and harsh labor, and expressed no ill will toward France.
Paris October reports state the government has sequestrated eighteen additional Austro German firms. The action also includes the Bank of J Allard Co, Paris representative of Dresdener Bank of Berlin, as part of the broad seizure.
The obituary notes the death of Will iam F. Smith of 9210 North Carolina Avenue and his widow Hagner Magruder, with funeral arrangements and interment at Congress Cemetery on Wednesday October 28 at a specified time.
Dispatches from London report Emperor William demanding Calais and outline a German invasion plan once the north French coast is secured. Eight army corps are said to be deployed in the sector with heavy losses cited as the coast towns of West Flanders lie in ruins and canals run with the dead.
Times from Shab. Destruction at Shabats Serb city on Save described as desolate after bombardment fire and earthquake. Thieves looted houses, shops emptied, safes opened, and a church destroyed before Austrians left. Hostages taken to Austria. many residents killed by bayonets. Shabats lies on the Save, 40 miles west of Belgrade with about 15 000 people.
London reports a Daily Mail Berlin cipher quoting a Saxon Gazette statement by Gen Baron Armand von Ardenner. He predicts English watch on naval stations near Heligoland will be nearly impossible, and with Belgium and northern France under German control an invasion of England would be easily feasible using coast artillery, mines, and German vessels from French bases.
Information from Liverpool via London reports that two German spies were alleged aboard the Mauretania during a New York to Liverpool voyage. Home Office officials with interpreters examined passengers, including French and Scandinavian maids, and eventimothy Healy. No spies were found. an American arms maker’s agent and rifle samples were among questioned items. Edward Bell and Horace Lee Washington attended the inquiry.
Prisoners report worsening German Austrian tensions after defeats. German majors insult Austrian troops while Austrians blame Germans. Captured Austrians say they faced dangerous positions and felt abandoned by German comrades. A German lieutenant says Austrians cannot be trusted in first attacks and require German support.
London Oct 27 Lieut Gen Sir William Edmund Franklyn who commanded the third division of Kitchener's new army died suddenly before taking command. He had been military secretary to the Secretary for War. Born in 186, he served with distinction in India and other countries and was director of the Adjutant General's Department in 1946.
Paris reports three German aircraft reconnoitered the Senits and Orne region and crossed toward Paris yesterday. The aerial guard prevented their reach of the capital region.
Mexico City reports Venustiano Carranza submitted his resignation as supreme chief to the Aguascalientes convention conditional on Francisco Villa’s retirement. A government official says both leaders should step down for peace and democratic progress. In Naco, Ariz, Hill readies for new operations after a brief armistice with Villa troops amid Yoqui Indian camps nearby.
A Turkish committee member opened talks with the ameer of Afghanistan and a delegate was sent from Constantinople. Turkey and Afghanistan reportedly signed an alliance. Zurich’s Neuer Zeitricher claims Belgium’s role breaches neutrality amid German plans. London Times notes heavy German artillery derailing English French campaign plans. Berlin reports 3.2 billion marks paid on a 2.6 billion loan with imperial bank reserves rising to 1.828 billion marks and a note circulation decrease of 94 million marks through October 26.
Alfred G. Van derbilt’s Flame captured the blue ribbon on night two of the St. Louis horse show in uls Missouri, edging rival for Western honors. Miss Loura Long of Kansas City placed second in the pony class with Imitation, the only event both were entered. Edith Clarke of Middleburg won the hunters class with Nancy Pansy, while Lucille Thompson of Rye and Mrs Richard Drffenback of Newark attended.
A New York dispatch reports the formal breakup of the engagement between Miss Margaret Britton the Titian debutante and Carroll Robertson of New York. The Brittons cite temperamental differences as the cause and Margaret Britton declines to comment.
A message from Gen Francisco Villa's secretary claims an agent paid by Gen Pablo Gonzales attempted to kill Villa. The would be assassin Mugla was executed after a confession before Consular Agent George Carothers in El Paso. Officials noted Mugla was paid a large sum in Mexico City and carried a pistol.
London and Lisbon dispatches report Manuel, ex king of Portugal, offering to serve with Portuguese contingents alongside Britain in the war against Germany. He urges Lisbon followers to avoid political capital from the crisis as a Portuguese military commission works with British authorities to coordinate aid. Portugal weighs joining the Allies under a 10 000 troops contingent and ships new equipment and uniforms for winter.
The British freight steamer Manchester Commerce struck a mine at midnight and sank near Tory Island. Captain Payne and thirteen crew members perished, thirty others were saved by a trawler. The ship, 3444 net tons, operated between Manchester and Montreal. Admiralty warned mines around north Ireland.
Dispatches report escalating casualties in World War I with German losses in France estimated at 760,000 and daily Allied losses around 10,000. Reports cite massive fatalities, prisoners, and widespread carnage across Belgium, Poland, and German fronts amidst the battle of Flanders and related offensives.
British and French reports say allied forces repelled German coastal raids and halted progress along the front from the Yser to the Meuse. In Belgium and France heavy fighting continued with significant German losses and renewed Belgian resistance, while the Belgian army reorganizes amid mounting casualties.
A fragment recounts actions along a 10 kilometer front from Rawa to the Istanka and Vistula confluence with Russian forces inflicting losses on Germans north of Rawa and capturing batteries mitrailleuses and prisoners. Austrians weaker in Galicia while Russians push near Sambor and Sturlomaste. East Prussia offensive repulsed.
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